The Consumer Protection Agency (CPA) issued a warning for consumers against fraudulent promotions during Black Friday, calling on consumers to verify the validity of discount offers before purchasing, and to not buy excessively under the pretext of ‘offers or discounts’. The … read more

Meteorologists are anticipating warm weather coupled with rain across Egypt on Saturday, with low temperatures across all regions overnight. Rainfall is expected in Cairo, Lower Egypt, the North Coast, and Alexandria, as a result of low and medium level cloud cover … read more

Gunmen have attacked a mosque in North Sinai at Friday prayers, the Egyptian health ministry said, injuring at least 75 people. According to eyewitnesses who spoke to Al-Ahram’s Arabic website, the gunmen fired heavily on worshippers after IEDs were detonated … read more

Egypt’s top appeals court upheld on Wednesday a life sentence against Muslim Brotherhood chief Mohamed Badie and 35 others convicted of involvement in violence that broke out in the aftermath of the 2013 ouster of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi. The … read more

Hilton Worldwide (HLT.N) aims to increase the number of hotel rooms it manages in Egypt by 40 percent by the end of 2022, the company’s vice president for the North Africa region said. The US company, which runs thousands of … read more

Egypt is in the process of constructing the largest seawater desalination plant in the world, in the Suez Governorate’s coastal city of Ain Sokhna, revealed the head of the Egyptian Armed Forces Engineering Authority, Kamal El-Wazeir. In a telephone interview with the … read more

Freedom House, an independent US watchdog organization measuring democratic indicators around the world, has determined that Egypt lacks internet freedom, in its report ‘Freedom on the Net 2016 ‘. Egypt scored 68 out of 100 (with 100 being least free) … read more

Huda Jalal Yassi, chief of the Arab Women Investors Union, spoke last month of governmental plans to establish several development projects in the Red Sea Governorate’s capital city Hurghada, including a recreational zoo, a healthcare center for medical tourism, and … read more

The Egyptian Company for Land, Dry Ports and Logistical Areas, which operates under the Ministry for Transport, signed a memorandum with the Trans Export Company on Tuesday to establish a trading area in Port Qustal, bordering with Sudan. The trading … read more